Development, Reliability and Validity of the Five Habits Coding Scale

• Published in: Zhongguo quanke yixue Vol. 25; no. 16; pp. 1990 - 1994
• Main Author: Qingyan WANG, Lanyi YIN, Yaxin YAN, Yan PENG, Chenjiao YAO, Qiuping TANG, Xinchun LIU
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Chinese General Practice Publishing House Co., Ltd 01.06.2022
• Subjects: physician-patient relations|doctor-patient communication|five habits coding scale|reliability|validity
• ISSN: 1007-9572
• DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0135

Background Doctor-patient communication barrier is one of the major causes leading to medical disputes. Still, there are limited studies and rare instruments with good reliability and validity regarding doctors' ability to communicate with patients in China. Objective To construct the Five Habits Coding Scale (5HCS) and verify its reliability and validity. Methods The first draft of the Five Habits Coding Scale (5HCS) was formulated based on the Chinese version of the Four Habits Coding Scheme (4HCS) developed using Brislin's translation model in March 2014. Then from April to June 2014, the items of the first draft of 5HCS were revised in accordance with the expert consensuses obtained from two rounds of Delphi consultations, and after that, the final version of the 5HCS was developed, and utilized to evaluate 127 residents' abilities to communicate with patients in March 2018 for testing its internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, content validity and criterion-related validity. Results The final ver